Child Abuse

Shaqueta McDade (pictured) was charged with 4 counts of negligent homicide on Sunday after four of her children burned to death in her Rayne, Louisiana trailer home, reports NBC affiliate News 33. SEE ALSO: Dog Fighting Ring Allegedly Run By 14-Year-Old The children who perished in the fire were Jamari McDade, 8; Amous Mouton Jr., 7; LaShay McDade, 5, and […]

Elliot Moore received a 12-year prison sentence on Wednesday for ironing a work shirt on a toddler’s back, reports the Chicago Tribune. SEE ALSO: Newark Mayor Rescues Woman From Fire Police received an aggravated battery to a child complaint and were called to Rockford Memorial Hospital in Rockford, Illinois on February 5, 2010.  When the officers arrived […]

SALEM, Mass. — Family members of the Massachusetts woman accused of slashing her children’s throats and setting fire to her apartment say she has a history of mental illness. SEE ALSO: Morehouse Grad Leads Kidney Disease Flight They tell The Salem News (http://bit.ly/GDmGZr ) that they didn’t see any warning signs before 25-year-old Tanicia Goodwin […]

A Brooklyn, N.Y., 27-year-old woman on crack handed her newborn baby to a stranger on Thursday while the umbilical chord was still wrapped around the infant and attached with a shoestring, reports WABC News. SEE ALSO: Man Kills Wife In Car, Then Shoots Self As 3 Children Watch The Mother, whom police have now identified as Shoshanna Muhammad, […]

Alexis Felton was caught on camera choking her 11-month-old baby while it sat in her crib in a hospital, WFTV 9 reports. SEE ALSO: Teacher Sued For Ordering Girl To Pee In Bucket High-Fat Diet Lowers Sperm Count Orlando Police officials say that Felton tried to choke the baby six times. The baby is shown […]

Mohammad Shohan was arrested on Wednesday for smashing a coffee mug in the face of his 11-year-old son for allegedly not paying attention to a pre-recorded State of The Union speech by President Obama, the Standford Advocate reports. SEE ALSO: Cocaine Killed “Amazing Race” Producer? Post Office Closing 223 Processing Centers Shohan, 45, is charged […]

DAYTON, Texas — Texas authorities said Tuesday they removed 11 children from a crowded home where a registered sex offender lives after they found eight confined in a small, dark bedroom with restraints tying some to their beds. SEE ALSO: What Jesse Jackson Could Teach Ron Paul Are Black Politicians Harassed? Along with the children, […]

CAMBRIDGE, Ohio— Police say an Ohio man who stuck his 3-year-old son in a clothes dryer as punishment and then turned it on is facing child endangerment charges. The Zanesville Times Recorder reports that 40-year-old Jamial Bayly is scheduled for a video arraignment Thursday in Cambridge Municipal Court. Guernsey County Sheriff Michael McCauley says deputies […]

An 8-month-old baby is on life support and Cherale Jones (pictured), his mother, stands accused of trying to suffocate him with a blanket and sofa cushions. SEE ALSO: Teacher Febrezes “Stinky” Student When Jones reportedly brought her unconscious child to Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., on January 28, doctors became suspicious about the child’s […]

NEW YORK-Taleek Brooks, a teacher’s aide at Public School 243 in Brooklyn has been charged with making pornographic movies with children inside the school he was working at. The FBI claims Brooks admitted to making videos where he would spank children and fondle their genitals and share them with others online. The New York Daily […]

A 2-year-old toddler pointed a loaded gun at Memphis police, after they received a 911 report of three small children left in a running car unattended. SEE ALSO: LA School Replacing Entire Staff After Sex Scandal Erica Rooks (pictured) left her children, ages 9 months, 2, and 4, in her car with the engine still […]

On Tuesday, Kit Samuel (pictured) will face charges for allegedly leaving her grandson near a Sacramento freeway ramp last Friday. Talking with Fox40 from the jailhouse, Samuel denied any wrongdoing and claims she was returning for the infant, according to the L.A. Times. SEE ALSO: Christians Under Attack Samuel has been charged with child endangerment […]